Pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10223759 |
Table of Contents:
- An introduction to pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin / John E. Staller
- Ballcourt rites, paradise, and the origins of power in classic Veracruz / Rex Koontz
- Landscape and a visual narrative of creation and origin at the Olmec ceremonial center of La Venta / Carolyn E. Tate
- Maya caves across time and space : reading-related landscapes in K'iche' Maya text, ritual and history / Duncan Earle
- Places of emergence : sacred mountains and cofradβia ceremonies / Allen J. Christenson
- Over distant waters : places of origin and creation in colonial K'iche'an sources / Frauke Sachse
- Fox walker on the Parapeti River, Bolivia : the origins of how we Guarani live in βIvβi / Elio Ortiz ... [et al.]
- Where the land and the ocean meet : the Engoroy phase ceremonial site at Salango, Ecuador, 600-100 BC / Richard Lunniss
- The astronomical significance of ritual movements in the calendar of Cuzco / R. Tom Zuidema
- Dimensions of place : the significance of centers to the development of Andean civilization : an exploration of the ushnu concept / John E. Staller
- High altitude ushnu platforms in the Department of Ayacucho Peru, structure, ancestors and animating essence / Frank M. Meddens ... [et al.]
- Representation, memory, and power : pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin / Brian Stross.